Bennu Sample Image (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Bennu Sample Image

Caption

A microscope image of a dark Bennu particle, about a millimeter long, with a crust of bright phosphate. To the right is a smaller fragment that broke off.

Credit

From Lauretta & Connolly et al. (2024) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, doi:10.1111/maps.14227

Usage Restrictions

No restrictions.

License

Public Domain

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